Players could deliver a petition for a vote to decertify the National Basketball Players Assocation as soon as Monday with the signatures of half the league, reports CBS Sports' Ken Berger. The union needs signatures from a third of its membership to order a vote, which would then be decided on a majority ballot. Delivering a petition with half of the union's Hancock could send chills through the NBA and signify the end of the 2011-12 season.
David Stern and the owners have delivered an offer few players seem to like. Stern said Thursday night that if the union doesn't accept the offer on Monday or Tuesday after meeting with team representatives, the league will revert to an offer with a 47-percent revenue split for players and what is essentially a hard cap.
Berger also reports that a number of moderate agents who were not supporting decertification in the past have joined the movement, owing the league's lack of flexibility in negotiations.
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Go players go
the owners have not been bargaining in good faith. I can’t in good conscious ask players to accept this deal just so I can be entertained. I’m sick of the world bending over backwards for billionaires.
by Basketball Smurf on Nov 12, 2011 1:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I'm beginning to wonder if burning down the entire NBA to make a point...
…wouldn’t be such a bad thing.
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
"This is about new owners vs. old owners. And the new owners want what the old owners have." --- Otis29
by pookeyguru on Nov 12, 2011 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
That's when the league
will just promote all the D League players and put them on NBA teams, and at that point, all teams will be non-union employees. Guys who were in the NBPA last year would be banned.
by thewiz06 on Nov 12, 2011 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
And when that happens I'm done with the NBA.
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
"This is about new owners vs. old owners. And the new owners want what the old owners have." --- Otis29
by pookeyguru on Nov 13, 2011 10:37 AM EST up reply actions
I don't think it would get to that point.
But I don’t see the lockout ending later today either.
by thewiz06 on Nov 14, 2011 2:15 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed on both counts.
No mistakes in the tango, Donna. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
"This is about new owners vs. old owners. And the new owners want what the old owners have." --- Otis29
by pookeyguru on Nov 14, 2011 8:45 AM EST up reply actions
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